Updated headlights

laboot · 06-07-2018, 04:49 PM

I was looking in Amazon and came across these headlights. Has anybody installed them in their E70?

omgboost · 06-07-2018, 07:44 PM

No, looks like some made in China stuff.

Kraftwerk AG · 06-07-2018, 11:16 PM

No, but it comes with halogen bulbs though. Yay!

socale39 · 06-07-2018, 11:47 PM

These have been talked about and someone had posted installed pics. They actually looked real good as I recall.

Qsilver7 · 06-08-2018, 09:36 AM

If I recall correctly...it was a member from Australia that posted pics of them installed in his e70 a month or so ago.

Here's an internet pic capture:

frankenm · 06-08-2018, 02:32 PM

So much cheaper than LED conversion need more pics ... Looks good from that angle

laboot · 06-12-2018, 05:21 PM

https://www.marsperformance.com.au/B...-07-10-Pre-LCI

jiggz · 06-12-2018, 05:35 PM

I know looks are subjective, but these lights just look way out of place on an old E70, IMO. Only the newest BMW's have these new angel eye designs (I don't even know what BMW is calling them anymore...just DRLs?).

But definitely cheaper than doing an OEM LED retrofit from a 2012/2013 LCI model though.

philly42 · 06-13-2018, 07:58 AM

They look good, but I think they'll look even better if DRLs were thinner.

I couldn't wait much longer for updated lights and got the LED headlights

mirob · 06-13-2018, 10:16 AM

A lot of potential wasted with halogen bulbs. These won't fit the M models anyways.

-c- · 06-13-2018, 10:39 AM

Yea these are for the European models that had halogens from the get go.

I think the USA models came standard with HID and would not be compatible with these anyhow. And the X6 and X6M and X5M all have a different design where these are for the standard X5 so they wouldn't even fit.

But I agree I wish they had a good designer on board that would push for thinner and not so milky looking DRL's. But cost is always an issue. I'd figure they wouldn't mind spending some extra money on for the premium cars but then again their for older vehicles and need updating so the customer is probably 2nd or third owner and willing to only spend so much.

But imagine if they really put some time into them and made some premium alternatives the aftermarket lighting industry could be soooooooo sweeeet!

But I know we will
Only get so much.

For us as an OEM company designing a standard halogen headlight and not even getting into LED or HID is over a million and a half dollars just for development not even counting costs for tooling and all that Jazz.

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laboot New Member 0 Rep 6 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW X5 3.0i Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Woodbridge, VA iTrader: (0)	Updated headlights I was looking in Amazon and came across these headlights. Has anybody installed them in their E70? Attached Images
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omgboost Lieutenant 56 Rep 415 Posts Drives: 2012 X5 35i Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: East Coast iTrader: (0)	No, looks like some made in China stuff.
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Kraftwerk AG Major 460 Rep 1,025 Posts Drives: Mein F Fünfundachtzig Einhorn Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: RIP Florian Schneider-Esleben iTrader: (8)	No, but it comes with halogen bulbs though. Yay!
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socale39 Major 209 Rep 1,044 Posts Drives: 04 545i SMG Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: California iTrader: (0)	These have been talked about and someone had posted installed pics. They actually looked real good as I recall.
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Qsilver7 Major General 4430 Rep 7,477 Posts Drives: F06 650ix GC / F15 X5 50i Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Indiana, USA iTrader: (0)	If I recall correctly...it was a member from Australia that posted pics of them installed in his e70 a month or so ago. Here's an internet pic capture: Last edited by Qsilver7; 06-08-2018 at 09:56 AM..
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frankenm First Lieutenant 96 Rep 397 Posts Drives: 12' X5M, 99 M3 Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: San Diego iTrader: (0)	So much cheaper than LED conversion need more pics ... Looks good from that angle __________________ 2012 X5M - M5 S63TU Turbos/Manifolds, Custom Exhaust, Intake, JB4/BCM, OEM race stripes 1999 323 - M3 Clone - Hardtop - S50 Cams, S52, 3.23 LSD, Koni Sport, 18' E46 M3 Wheels
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laboot New Member 0 Rep 6 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW X5 3.0i Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Woodbridge, VA iTrader: (0)	Found some pictures of the headlights installed https://www.marsperformance.com.au/B...-07-10-Pre-LCI
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jiggz Brigadier General 2141 Rep 3,647 Posts Drives: E90 M3\|F15 X5 50i Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle iTrader: (2)	I know looks are subjective, but these lights just look way out of place on an old E70, IMO. Only the newest BMW's have these new angel eye designs (I don't even know what BMW is calling them anymore...just DRLs?). But definitely cheaper than doing an OEM LED retrofit from a 2012/2013 LCI model though.
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philly42 Second Lieutenant 93 Rep 291 Posts Drives: X5M, Z3M Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0)	They look good, but I think they'll look even better if DRLs were thinner. I couldn't wait much longer for updated lights and got the LED headlights Attached Images
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mirob Lieutenant Colonel 3030 Rep 1,700 Posts Drives: M3CX Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Bomb City, TX iTrader: (0)	A lot of potential wasted with halogen bulbs. These won't fit the M models anyways.
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-c- Colonel 886 Rep 2,736 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chicago iTrader: (5)	Yea these are for the European models that had halogens from the get go. I think the USA models came standard with HID and would not be compatible with these anyhow. And the X6 and X6M and X5M all have a different design where these are for the standard X5 so they wouldn't even fit. But I agree I wish they had a good designer on board that would push for thinner and not so milky looking DRL's. But cost is always an issue. I'd figure they wouldn't mind spending some extra money on for the premium cars but then again their for older vehicles and need updating so the customer is probably 2nd or third owner and willing to only spend so much. But imagine if they really put some time into them and made some premium alternatives the aftermarket lighting industry could be soooooooo sweeeet! But I know we will Only get so much. For us as an OEM company designing a standard halogen headlight and not even getting into LED or HID is over a million and a half dollars just for development not even counting costs for tooling and all that Jazz.
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